Maine Co-ops

CMBA Member Co-ops

Farmington Food Cooperative

The Farmington Food Co-op is a cooperatively owned and operated business dedicated to growing a healthier community and resilient food system by bringing local farmers, producers and consumers together. Read more… 

Belfast Community Co-op

Belfast Community Co-op is a community-owned market and café since 1976. It is their mission and pleasure to bring locally-sourced, reasonably priced, organic and natural products to all.   Read more… 

Tootie's Tempeh

Tootie’s Tempeh™ is a worker-owned consumer foods cooperative innovating tempeh—a high protein, plant-based food. Read more…

Blue Hill Co-op

We are a welcoming, vibrant community of Owners guided by our belief in the importance of healthful, honest food options. Through cooperative principles we support our economy by sourcing locally, and by providing education on food, environmental and social issues. Read more…

Raise-Op Housing Cooperative

If our buildings are the bricks, then our relationships are the mortar, and our mission is the foundation upon which everything rests.

O'Donal's Nursery

O’Donal’s Nursery, originally established in the 1850s, has been a cornerstone of Maine’s horticulture for over a century.

Portland Food Co-op

Over 5000 Member-Owners Strong
The Portland Food Co-op is a thriving, member-owned marketplace that strengthens the local food economy while building and nourishing community. Read more…

Community Credit Union

Community Credit Union is a financial cooperative where everyone is welcome. By being inclusive and collaborative, we strive to make a positive impact on our members’ lives and the community wherever and whenever they need us. Read more…

Lewiston-Auburn Community Market

The Lewiston-Auburn Community Market (LACM) is more than just a market – it’s a movement. Rooted in the heart of downtown, LACM brings together people of all backgrounds to grow a more connected, vibrant, and resilient community. Read more…

Liberty Graphics

Liberty Graphics was inspired by the town of Liberty’s 150th birthday celebration, when a t-shirt printer was needed. The business has powered on since the 1980’s and is now owned and managed entirely by a cooperative made up of its workers. Read more…

Fare Share Food Coop

Fare Share Food Cooperative was founded in 1978.

OUR VISION is a cooperative, welcoming, sustainable, and resilient food hub that educates, inspires, and serves a diverse local community​. Read more.

Zero Energy Homes

Zero Energy Homes is an employee-owned cooperative that offer off-site modular construction using Maine materials and lean manufacturing strategies. Read More…

Celebration Tree Farm and Wellness Center

Celebration Tree Farm and Welness Center is a Southern Maine’s certified organic tree farm that converted to a multi-stakeholder cooperative in 2020.

Wheelers Insurance

At Wheelers Insurance, we help clients compare and save on insurance coverage and pricing with dependable service and reliable advice so together, we can protect what matters most.

Good Tern Co-op

The Good Tern Co-op in Rockland, Maine, began as a buying club in 1980 and has since grown into a member-owned natural food cooperative.

Town & Country Federal Credit Union

Town & Country Federal Credit Union is a member-owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative. We are committed to building solid, long-term relationships with our members, and we’re here to help you save and plan for tomorrow.

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Rock City Roasters and Cafe

To preserve a community institution and a great place to work, business owner Susanne Ward is selling Rock City Roasters and Cafe to the people who helped build it — the employees — with the help of the Cooperative Development Institute. Watch the video.

Rising Tide Co-op

Rising Tide Co-op is a cooperatively-owned natural grocery serving Midcoast Maine since 1978, “…dedicated to being a trusted community-based resource for high-quality, natural, sustainable foods & goods.” Read more…

Fedco

Fedco Seeds is a worker and consumer multi-stakeholder cooperative started in 1978. They currently employ over 50 people and are one of the largest suppliers of trees, seeds, bulbs, tubers and garden supplies to farmers and gardeners in Maine. Read more…

PROJECT CO+OP

PROJECT CO+OP specializes in building design, urban design, community planning, product design, and sustainability. We work with clients who wish to commission us for projects aligned with our values and generate our own projects based on the same.

Maine Community Power Cooperative

Maine Community Power Cooperative, formed in 2023, empowers local communities to take control of their energy future through a member-owned cooperative model.

Marsh River Co-op

The Marsh River Cooperative was established in 2014 as a consumer and producer member agricultural cooperative and opened a retail storefront in August 2014. Its focus is on promoting and selling food and other goods produced within a 10-mile radius of the Co-op, at an affordable price. Read more…

Maine Farm and Sea Cooperative

Maine Farm & Sea Cooperative was formed in 2015 to change the conversation about how we can provide locally grown, raised, harvested and processed food to our universities, schools, hospitals, nursing homes and other institutions. Read more…

Other Maine Co-ops

FIND.COOP

Find.COOP was developed more than a decade ago by Data Commons Cooperative (DCC).

We’re currently reimagining this co-op directory with DCC to better connect and support Maine’s cooperative community.

As we redesign the directory, we’d love your feedback. What would make this a valuable resource for you? Please contact us to share your ideas and suggestions.

CMBA Support Organization Members

Cooperative Fund of the Northeast

Since 1975, the Cooperative Fund of the Northeast has successfully disbursed over $58 million in almost 1,000 loans to mostly cooperatives across New England, including over $4.2 million to 18 co-ops in Maine since 2011. Read more.

Columinate

Our network of consultants share resources, provide referrals, and lend counsel to move you and your organization forward. Whatever your focus, Columinate will prepare your organization to make an impact close to home and around the world.

Cooperative Development Institute

We envision a democratically owned and just economy where everyone can fulfill their needs and aspirations